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ARTSCONNECT SUMMER ART CAMP
Ages 7 - 13
Weekly Themes, Mondays - Fridays
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$210 per week with membership
$220 per week, non-member
Maximum: 25 kids per camp session
Registration opens at 9AM on February 12, 2024
Call (513) 522-2108 for assistance with registration or to enter into a payment plan for more that 3 camp sessions.
At ArtsConnect, your kids will have a summer packed with imaginative, creative, and fulfilling art projects. We believe in empowering kids to make a difference through their art. Campers will explore a wide range of topics, artistic styles, and media. Kids are exposed to a variety of artistic skills and media. Campers will learn about cultural differences and stewardship of their environment while creating their projects. Experience a week or an entire summer of art!
ArtsConnect Kids Art Camp Overall Goals
The ArtsConnect Kids Camp is not a traditional summer art camp program. We give children the necessary resources and instruction to flourish as young artists. We also strive to educate them on how they can use their artistic knowledge and artistic skills to make positive contributions to their communities. Our camp curriculum has been created with that intent. We have employed counselors who can successfully create, implement, and reflect upon art lessons and also serve as positive role models. For each session of camp, campers will make several projects for themselves, and have at least one project that is a "give back" project that demonstrates how they can make a difference is someone else's life through their art.
Our camp is accredited through the American Camp Association and runs with support from ArtsWave!
2024 ART CAMP WEEKS AND THEMES
Week 1: June 3 - 7 Drama Days
Week 2: June 10 - 14 Tech Time
Week 3: June 17 - 21 A-mazing Continents
Week 4: Jun 24 - 28 Walk on the Wild Side
Week 5: July 8 - 12 Games Galore
Week 6: July 15 - 19 Super Heroes
Week 7: July 22 - 26 Fiber Frenzy
Week 8: July 29 -Aug 2 Making Music
**NOTE THERE IS NO CAMP THE WEEK OF JULY 4TH
2024 Theme Descriptions and Registration will be added soon. Below are themes from last year, 2023, to give parents an idea of how themes are used to create art projects. Check back in December for updated 2024 theme decriptions and projects.
2023Weekly Themes |
Dates and Time | Weekly Theme Descriptions | Nonmember Fee /
Member Fee |
Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1: Puppets Galore! |
June 5 -9 2023 9 am - 4 pm |
Campers will learn the basics of puppetry from creation to performance. They will make different types of puppets, such as marionette, dowel rod, shadow, finger and hand puppets using a variety of materials. Groups will create a short play for their puppets to perform. The week will end with the popular Puppets for Lunch event, which is open o the public. Parents are invited to join the kids at the event for lunch. | $220 / $210 | Register Here |
| Week 2: The Great Outdoors |
June 12 - 16, 2023 9 am - 4 pm |
Join us as we explore the great outdoors! Topics covered will be conservation, National Parks, nature art, environmental art and outdoor art installations. We will learn the importance of protecting animals and nature and show the beauty of nature through an artist lens. | $220 / $210 | Register Here |
| Week 3: Ticket to Ride |
June 19 - 23, 2023 9 am - 4 pm |
This week is all about different forms of transportation, from flight to ground to water transport. Campers integrate art with engineering as they learn about planes, trains, boats and public transportation. Design train art, build planes and boats and have competitions. End the week by attending Springfield Township Touch a Truck event. | $220 / $210 | Register Here |
| Week 4: Holidays Around the World |
June 26 - 30, 2023 9 am - 4 pm |
Campers will have fun learning about different holidays and festivals around the world, such as the Chinese New Year, Dia de les Muertos of Mexico, Diwali in India, the French Poisson d’ Avril (April Fools Day), Hanukkah and others that our campers may share with us. Projects will be examples of these unique holidays. | $220 / $210 | Register Here |
| Week 5: Animal Planet |
July 10 - 14, 2023 9 am - 4 pm |
Our planet is home to so many unique animals. Each day at camp we will learn about a different habitat; jungle, savannah, arctic, ocean and woodland. Campers will experience a variety of 2D and 3D art techniques while designing different types of animals, flora and natural environments. | $220 / $210 | Register Here |
| Week 6: Time for Textiles |
July 17 - 21, 2023 9 am - 4 pm |
Learn all about textile art doing weaving, sewing, paper making and tie dying. We will participate in a variety of weaving styles using our fingers, cardboard looms, straws and sticks. Learn to hand sew by making stuffed animals and have fun with color by tie dyeing fabric. | $220 / $210 | Register Here |
| Week 7: Animated Adventure |
July 24 - 28, 2023 9 am - 4 pm |
Campers will learn different types of animation with flip books and claymation. Learn how animation was invented by using a zoetrope and thaumatrope. Then create a storyboard and flip book for their own animated claymation mini-movie. | $220 / $210 | Register Here |
| Week 8: Express Yourself |
Jul 31 -Aug 4, 2023 9 am - 4 pm |
Expression comes in many forms. Each day we will learn about a different form of expression. Campers will express themselves through art, music, dance, literature, storytelling, photography and videography. | $220 / $210 | Register Here |
COVID NOTICE: ArtsConnect will be following the direction and advice of the Springfield Township Medical Director. Masks will not be required. Parents that want their child to wear a mask should let the camp director know so they can tell the counselors.
Discounts:
Membership has privileges! With an ArtsConnect Membership, you can receive $10 off each session. Your membership discount will come off automatically at checkout. *Purchase the membership prior to purchasing any camp session so that the discount is calculated. Family Memberships are $100 for the entire household. Memberships may qualify as a tax deductible donation. See a tax professional. *The CHILD should have either an individual membership or be on a Household Membership to receive a discount.
Camp Scholarships:
Individuals may apply for a one-time, one-week 50% scholarship. Click here for scholarship details.
The ArtsConnect camp also qualifies for ACE Funding. Click here to learn about the State of Ohio Afterschool Child Enrichment Program, which a qualifying child can receive $500/year in programming.
Payment Plans:
Payment Plans can be set up by calling ArtsConnect at 513-522-2101 and are available when registering for 3 or more weeks of camp. A non-refundable $50 deposit per camp session will be charged up front for each session enrolled in a payment plan. The $50 deposit goes towards your balance owed. All payment plans require a credit card on file. Full payment of the balance will be deducted from the credit card on file 7 days before the registered session begins.
Payment of Your Camp Balance:
Full payment of the balance is due 7 days before each session begins. The amount due will automatically be charged to your credit/debit card that is on file. This is a new policy year and will help streamline the balance payment process. The balance due will be deducted 7 days prior to your camp, on the Monday of the week before.
Cancellations: